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Hi, I'm Dianne from North Carolina and have recently become an inquirer into Orthodoxy. I'm married, and mom to two teenagers. (And I believe I already know a few of you from TAW at CF. Oblio? Andreas? Hi!)

Welcome countrymouse...The Panthers I admit provided us with a great Super Bowl, but even though I now officially live in The South, I still love my Pats (besides, I think I would get disowned by my mother's entire family if I switched).

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Now where were we? Oh yeah - the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

Were you able to attend the Pascha service? This year was the first Pascha service that I was really able to attend, and it was just beautiful. My family and I attend a Patriarchal Parish (Russian) in Grand Rapids, MI.

Grace & Peace,ETL

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"As the moon blots out the sun, so does human wisdom blot out the Divine in our hearts."-Unworthy Servant of the Almighty

(Are you the ETL who used to post at 5solas??? aletheo's brother?) Yes, I was able to attend the Pascha service, which was wonderful! The parish I attend is an OCA parish, and I'm about to begin inquirer's classes.

Yes CountryMouse, you caught me red handed.You remember correctly. At the time, I was still Protestant, and even now I have not been Orthodox too long. My time of inquiry and the excitement of it is stiil fresh in my memory. Blessings to you, my friend, as you begin classes.

Grace & Peace,ETL

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"As the moon blots out the sun, so does human wisdom blot out the Divine in our hearts."-Unworthy Servant of the Almighty

anastasios, the first people I met at the parish I attend are originally from New York, and our priest is from New Jersey. (He says the summers are too long and the fall colors aren't as pretty. But he likes it anyway!) I'm glad you want to come back to NC; it's a good place to live. If you're in the Charlotte area when you return, I can recommend a church!

Countrymouse, I have had the same experience as you every time I attend services at the Orthodox Church. There is no way one can deny that it is home. I wish you a succesful journey to the Orthodox Church.

Joe Zollars

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I don't know if you are thinking of the old TBTSNBN or as Linus liked to call it Geneva.com CF is actually a nice place. We have grown the Orthodox presence ther from a couple of actives, into a small, tightnit, and with God's grace. growing community. While we do not have the numbers of some of the others over there, I believe that we are an outpost of Orthodox thought in a heavily Protestant/Catholic land.

Countrymouse, I have had the same experience as you every time I attend services at the Orthodox Church. There is no way one can deny that it is home. I wish you a succesful journey to the Orthodox Church.

no that was not the forum I was thinking of. Actually what on earth is taht forum?

Joe Zollars

TBTSNBN=The Board that Shall Not Be Named. Namely, the forums at Christianity.com where several of us engaged in discussion with the evangelicals/calvinists/etc there. Linus and Oblio were the primary people involved but a few others participated. Instead of attempting to refute the positions stated, the administrators of the board banned everyone for violation of the Terms of Service agreement. Some good was done there as a handful of people began to inquire into the Orthodox Church, and at least one that I know of was chrismated. Go to the first pages of Free-for-all and you'll find the thread about all this. It is over 20 pages long, I forget the title, though.

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TBTSNBN=The Board that Shall Not Be Named. Namely, the forums at Christianity.com where several of us engaged in discussion with the evangelicals/calvinists/etc there. Linus and Oblio were the primary people involved but a few others participated. Instead of attempting to refute the positions stated, the administrators of the board banned everyone for violation of the Terms of Service agreement. Some good was done there as a handful of people began to inquire into the Orthodox Church, and at least one that I know of was chrismated. Go to the first pages of Free-for-all and you'll find the thread about all this. It is over 20 pages long, I forget the title, though.

Those were the good ol' days, and I guess we did some good, but I wouldn't do the same again today (I think).

Loads of aggravation.

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The first condition of salvation is to keep the norm of the true faith and in no way to deviate from the established doctrine of the Fathers.- Pope St. Hormisdas

What happened to CF since I haven't been there in awhile and when I looked yesterday it simply disappeared?

Oddly enough it is down today also. I suspect that it is down for some technical upgrades, primarily WRT search features that were bringing it to it's knees. Perhaps it is a sign that I should get off the PC and do something 'useful' around the house

Hi, I'm Dianne from North Carolina and have recently become an inquirer into Orthodoxy. I'm married, and mom to two teenagers. (And I believe I already know a few of you from TAW at CF. Oblio? Andreas? Hi!)

Hi

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Catwell, this is a common mistake that new to the board members make - countrymouse's posts were actually posted back in 2004 - so this is an old post. I don't know if countrymouse is still here or not.